[PATCH] ntfs3: fix out-of-bounds read in decompress_lznt

Tristan Madani <[email protected]> Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:11:18 +0000
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.ntfs3,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Tristan Madani <[email protected]>

decompress_lznt() does not validate array index bounds before accessing
the decompression table. A corrupted NTFS3 image with invalid compressed
data can trigger an out-of-bounds read.

Add index bounds checking to prevent the OOB access.

Reported-by: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <[email protected]>
---
 fs/ntfs3/lznt.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c b/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c
index fdc9b2ebf3410..f818d97850049 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/lznt.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static inline ssize_t decompress_chunk(u8 *unc, u8 *unc_end, const u8 *cmpr,
 		if (up - unc > LZNT_CHUNK_SIZE)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		/* Correct index */
-		while (unc + s_max_off[index] < up)
+		while (index < ARRAY_SIZE(s_max_off) - 1 && unc + s_max_off[index] < up)
 			index += 1;
 
 		/* Check the current flag for zero. */
-- 
2.47.3